B.UILDING I.NFORMATION M.ODELLING INTRODUCTION: The construction industry in the 21st century is facing a huge challenge. Building Information Modeling(BIM) is emerging as a technological‚ procedural and strategic new approach to the fields of Architecture‚ Engineering and Construction providing a way for iterating‚ documenting and managing a design through most of its life-cycle from conceptual design‚ design development to construction through operations and management. The bulk of the time
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Table of Contents 1. Introduction 9 2. Purpose 9 3. Methodology 9 4. What is Green Building? 10 5. Objectives of Green Building 11 6. Why Build Green? 11 7. How do buildings affect climate change? 12 8. Benefits of Green Building 12 9. Elements of Green Buildings 13 9.1. Siting and structure design efficiency 13 9.2. Energy efficiency 14 9.3. Water efficiency 14 9.4. Materials efficiency 14 9.5. Indoor environmental quality enhancement 15 9.6. Operations and maintenance optimization
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Sultan Abdul Samad Building What is Moorish Architecture? Moorish Architecture is a architecture common style in Spain from the 13th to the 16th centuries characterized by horseshoe arches‚ domes‚ Sawtooth-shaped arches‚ Ogee shaped arches and courtyard. The Sultan Abdul Samad‚ was designed by A.C.A. Norman known as Arthur Charles Alfred Norman. It was built in 1894-1897 to house several important government departments during the British administration. The building was named from the reigning
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Chandaria School of Business Masters in Business Administration Course: Leadership and Management of Change Code: BUS 6030 Semester: Fall 2011 TOPIC: TEAM LEADERSHIP‚ TEAM BUILDING AND TRANSACTIONAL ANALYSIS AS TOOLS OF ORGANISATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND CHANGE Group Member Adera P. Musyula Dominica G. Nkonge Lecturer: Prof Ciru Getecha Table of Contents 1.0 ORGANISATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ......................................................................... 3 1.1 Importance of Organization
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of Fault Tree Two VI. Conclusions VII. Works cited I. Introduction I will be the lead Project Manager in building one of the largest buildings in the world. This 1‚453-foot building will have a 103-story structure and should be built in just over 13 months. It’s important to know some key facts about risks associated with construction of the Empire State Building. I will discuss two decision tree analyses and discuss options to prevent or oversee them. I will then provide the conclusion
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Services). The company also owns a major stake in aerospace group EADS. DaimlerChrysler was formed in 1998 by the merger of Daimler-Benz‚ the manufacturer of Mercedes-Benz (Germany)‚ and the Chrysler Corporation (USA). The transaction was announced on May 7‚ and took place on November 12. The Chrysler Group (Chrysler‚ Jeep and Dodge) also provides its customers with parts and accessories marketed under the Mopar brand name. The cross-border companies are notoriously difficult to get right because‚ in
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Proceedings of Healthy Buildings 2000‚ Vol 1 629 PRODUCTIVITY AND INDOOR ENVIRONMENT Derek Clements-Croome1 and Li Baizhan2 University of Reading‚ Department of Construction Management and Engineering‚ UK Jukes Associates‚ UK ABSTRACT Surveys in several office buildings have shown that crowded work places‚ job dissatisfaction and physical environment are the main factors affecting productivity. the data was produced and analyzed using occupational stress indicator in conjunction with
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The role of modern technologies in reducing cost of buildings towards sustainability "An Approach to measure the efficiency of performance". Abstract. Egypt took the first step towards developing a local assessment tool in 2009 by establishing the Egyptian Green Building Council (EGBE). Egyptian government finally developed the Green Pyramid Rating System (GPRS) after the past two decades effort to improve building energy efficiency and address green house gas emissions;
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In the past century buildings have got taller and taller‚ as the world becomes more populated and more people want to get on the same piece of land. Tall buildings are nothing new‚ towers and pyramids have existed in architecture for thousands of years‚ but in has only been in past 100 years. In the quaint Tuscan hillside is a small town called San Gimignano. Half way in between sienna and Florence‚ San Gimignano was a stop for pilgrims on route to Rome. Built in the 13th century‚ it steadily got
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There was conceivably no building type in the United States that represented the Twentieth Century more than the skyscraper. It established the political‚ industrial‚ and technological ability of the new world becoming the major architectural symbol of America. Urban hubs‚ such as Chicago and New York‚ developed concentrated groups of towers that prevailed the city skylines‚ as cathedrals had done centuries earlier in other parts of the world. The origin of the skyscraper or structures of
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